Garment-supporter



(No Model.)

E. S. SMITH.

GARMENT SUPPORTE'R.

I Patented June 3, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFEtcE.

EDWVARD S. SMITH, OF I/VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

GAR MENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,549, dated June 3,1890.

Application filed February 24, I890. Serial No. 341,504. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. SMITH, of WVaterbury, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inStocking-Supporters, (13;) and I do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, ine Figure 1, a face view of the loop complete; Fig. 2, atransverse section on line 00 00,: Fig. 3, a face view of the blank fromwhich the loop is formed; Fig. 4, a transverse section of the same online m on; Fig. 5, the same as Fig. 3, showing the projections to a asclosed over onto the body; Fig. 6, a transverse section on line a z ofFig. 1.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class ofstocking-supporters in which a loop is attached to the end of a strapsuspended from above, the said loop being'ot V shape, the apex downward,and so that a portion of the stocking drawn through the upper or broaderportion of the opening in the loop and drawn down into the narrowerportion will be so grasped as to be held secure. This is a common andwell-known construction of loop for stocking-supporters. Many of theseV-shaped loops are cut from sheet metal; but it is very difficult to sosmoothly finish the inner edge of the opening that it is not liable tocut the stocking or garment to which it may be attached. Various deviceshave been employed to give to the opening a rounded edge. This has beendone by bushing the inner edge, and in some cases by making the loop inthe form of an eyelet, the flange being of the same V shape as the bodyand extending through a corresponding opening in a strap, the flangeclosed down upon the reverse side in the same manner as an eyelet.

My invention relates particularly to doubling the met-al at the edge ofthe opening, whereby the desired rounded edge is produced; and theinvention consists in the construction as hereinafter described, andparticularly recited in the claim.

A represents the two sides of the loop connected by a transverse bar Bat the top, the two legs extending downward, converging toward the lowerend, where they are connected, so as to produce the required V-shapedopen ing, the bar B serving as a means for the attachment of the strap.The blank for the body of the loop is cut from sheet metal, as seen inFig. 3, the sides A A extending from the bar downward, but their lowerends disconnected. Upon the inner edge of the two sides A A inwardprojections a a are formed. These projections extend from near the lowerend upward toward the bar B, but stopping short of the bar, so as toleave a space I) between the upper ends of these projections a a and thesaid bar B. At the lower end the sides A A are constructed with a notchd upon the outer edges, the inward projections a a. starting from a lineupon the inside corresponding with the upper end of the said notches clon the outside, and, as seen in Fig. 3, the projections to a are thendoubled over and outward onto the body, as on the broken lines, Fig. 3,and, being closed upon the body, as represented in Fig. 5, give to theinner edge of the two sides a neat and smooth rounded shape. Then thetwo sides are bent inward, bringing their lower ends substantiallytogether, as seen in broken lines, Fig. 5.

To secure the ends firmly together a sheetmetal clip C, in widthcorresponding to the length of the notches cl (1 in the outer edge ofthe sides A A, is bent around the two sides in the said notches andclosed thereon, as seen in Figs. 1 and 6, which firmly unites the twoends.

The supporter is attached to the strap by means of the bar B at theupper end in the usual manner, and the operation of the supporter is thesame as in the usual construction From the foregoing it will beunderstood that I do not claim, broadly, a stocking-supporter consistingof aV-shaped loop having the inner edge rounded by doubling the metal.Neither do I claim, broadly, a stocking-supporter made from sheetmetal,'having the two sides disconnected in the formation of thesupporter, but united to complete the supporter; but

What I do claim is- In a stocking-supporter, substantially such ICO asdescribed, a V-shaped loop consisting of a a doubled outward and overonto the body two sides A A, connected by a transverse bar to producerounded edges, the said sides B at their upper end, the sides detachedat brought together at their lower end,co1nbiucd their lower end, andeach side having an inwith a clip 0, closed around said lower ends in 5ward projection a extending from near the said notches (Z, substantiallyas described.

lowerends upward and near to the said bar 13, r but so as to leave aspace between the upper EDVARD SMI U end of said projections and saidbar, the sides \Vitnesses:

also each constructed with a notch (1 upon its R. 1]. SMITH,

10 outside at the lower end, the said projections GEO. \V. ROBERTS.

